Auxiliary spool holder for sewing machines



Dec. 31, 1929. D. B. JOSE 1,741,632

AUXILIARY SPOOL HOLDER FOR SEWING MACHINES Filed D60. 21, 1,927

In ventar Httorngy Patented Dec. 31, 1929 UNETE STTES PATENT OFFICE DAISY B. JOSE, OF LEEDEY, OKLAI-IOlVIA AUXILIARY SPOOL HOLDER FOR SEWING MACHINES Application filed December 21, 1927. Serial No. 241,676.

rotation and utilized for feeding thread for Winding about a bobbin and operatedthrough the usual machine drive means without interfering with the feeding of the thread from the main spool for sewing purposes.

A further object of the invention is to provide an auxiliary spool holder of this character in which the spool may be easily and quickly removed and replaced therefrom without interfering with the regular sewing operation and thus provide means independent of the main spool for supplying a thread for winding about a bobbin of a type usually operated by the machine.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character of simple and practical construction, neat and attractive in appearance, etlicient and reliable in performance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, which maybe installed in operative position without necessitating any changes or alterations in the construction of the machine and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the special construction and combination of the various elements comprising the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a sewing machine of conventional construction and showing my invention in operative position with respect thereto and Figure 2 is a perspective View of the device.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, my invention comprises an auxiliary spool holder, formed of a single strand of wire and comprising a pair of spaced parallel arms 5 formed intermediate the ends of the wire by providing a return bend at a portion thereof as indicated at 6, the ends of the arms opposite from the bend 6 being formed with angular sections 7 and 10, one of said sections terminating in a vertically disposed section 8 having its upper end formed with a down- 'wardly opening hook 9.

The adjacent end of the other arm is likewise formed into an angular section 10 extending oppositely with respect to the angular section 7 formed from said first named K arm, and with the outer end of said angular section 10 terminating in a series of convolutions forming a coil spring 11 with its axis disposed vertically in parallel relation with respect to the vertical section 8. The upper end of the spring 11 terminates in a horizontally disposed arm 12 extending in a direction toward the upper end of the vertical section 8, with the end of the arm 12 retained in position under the hook 9.

The arm 12 forms a support upon which a spool 13 may be rotatably mounted in a manner as clearly shown in Figure 2 of the drawing, said spool carrying a suitable quantity of sewing thread.

As clearly illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawing, the bent end 6 of the arm 5 is adapted to be placed about the stem 14 generally provided upon a sewing machine 15 for supporting the sewing spool 16 for rotation thereon, the bended end 6 being disposed be neath the spool with the arms 5 depending therefrom in a slightly curved formation to compensate for the curvature of the body of the machine. In this manner the spool 13 is disposed adjacent the bobbin rewind mounting 17 usually provided on the machine and operated through the pulley wheel 18 by the drive means of the machine.

It'will thus be apparent that by mounting a spool of thread upon the horizontal arm 12 that the same may be readily wound upon a bobbin placed upon the mounting 17 without interfering with the filling operation of the machine.

The lower portion of the arm 5 should be connected by a plate 19 for retaining the arms in spaced substantially parallel relation whereby to prevent the spreading of the lower end of the arm which would naturally result in removing the free end of the arm 12 from its engagement with the hook 9.

It is obvious that the invention is susceptible of various changes and modifications, without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages and I accordingly claim all such forms of the device to which I am entitled.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

In an auxiliary spool holder for sewing machines formed of a single strand of wire comprising a pair of supporting arms arranged in spaced substantially parallel relation and formed by providing a return bend intermediate the ends of the wire, the ends of said arm opposite from said bend being formed into a pail-of outwardly extending sections, one of said sections terminating in a vertically disposed section having a downwardly opening hook, said other outwardly extending section having a vertically disposed coil spring formed at its outer end with the upper end of saidspring terminating in a horizontally disposed arm providing a spool mounting and with its free end releasably engaged by said hook and a rigid connector disposed between the lower ends of the supporting arms preventing relative movement ther'ebetween.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature.

DAISY B. JOSE. 

